Phillip Nagel was born in Norka, Saratov, Russia, on October 3, 1886. He was the son of Konrad (?) Nagel and Elizabeth Jabel (died 1903). It was in this year of his first wife’s death (1903) that Phillip’s father seems to have either hired a housekeeper to help with his children, or that he possibly married a housekeeper working in his household.
This new wife, Maria Katharina Schnorr, was originally from Donhoff. She had married Johannes Weigandt of Huck, but at some point emigrated to Norka where she was working to support her family after her husband’s death.
Phillip Nagel had at least one known sister. Her name was Elizabeth Nagel. But he had at least two step-siblings: Elisabeth Weigandt and Jacob Weigandt. Elisabeth Weigandt was born February 10, 1888 in Huck, Russia.
Phillip Nagel and Elisabeth Weigandt were married on February 21, 1907. At some point prior to leaving Russia, Phillip was forced to serve for three years in an artillery unit in the Russian army. This was one of the main reasons the family decided to leave Russia.
Their first child, Christine Elisabeth Nagel, was born 4 Nov 1907. Chris, as she came to be known, had several interesting things that happened to her while a child. First, in Russia, she was said to have become paralyzed on her left side because of using poppyseed to suck on to relieve teething pain as a very young child (age 2). Second, she was said to have had to be able to say at least a word or two in English, or her parents would have been turned back in Ellis Island, New York, when they emigrated in June 1912. The family story says that they were able to get her to say, “banana,” and were then allowed to enter the United States enroute to their final destination of Lincoln, Nebraska.
Elizabeth Nagel (Phllip’s sister) and Jacob Weigandt (Elisabeth’s brother) followed their siblings to Lincoln in December 1912.
The Nagel family did well in the United States. They were members of the local German-speaking congregation, and after a brief stint as a railroad laborer, Phillip was able to open his own store. They fed their growing family with a large garden plot, and their family grew to include:
Christine E. Nagel Hansen (1907-1995)
John Nagel (1912-1915)
Esther E. Nagel Boelts (1915-1998)
Helene M. Nagel Buxman (1918-2015)
Martha L. Nagel Kovach (1921-1991)
Richard R. Nagel (1925-1990)
In addition to his service in Russia, Phillip evidently served as a soldier in the Nebraska National Guard. He worked as a carpenter while in service.
The family attended their local German-speaking church in Lincoln, Nebraska, and spent a great deal of family time in church. Their girls sang in the German-speaking choir, and they were all confirmed in this Lutheran Church.
Elisabeth Weigandt Nagel died June 10, 1953, of an apparent stroke while riding a streetcar in Lincoln, Nebraska. Her family rushed to her side, but she did not recover.
Phillip immediately married Amalia (Mollie) Loos Will, who was also a Norka immigrant, in 1956. Mollie had lost her husband, Peter, in November of 1956. They continued to reside in Lincoln until Phillip entered the Veteran’s Hospital sometime prior to 1973. Phillip Nagel died on June 10, 1973. He is buried alongside his first wife, Elisabeth Weigandt Nagel, in Wyuka Cemetery.
Obituary from Lincoln Journal Star:
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NAGEL-Phillip, 86, 1427 No. 12th, died Sunday. Retired carpenter, National Guard. Lincoln resident 60 years. Member Faith UCC. Survivors: wife, Molly; son, Richard, Littleton, Colo., daughters, Mrs. Hubert (Esther) Boelts, Archer, Mrs. John (Helen) Buxman, Ft. Morgan, Colo., Mrs. (Marth) Kovach, South Bend, Ind., Mrs. Christine Hansen, Lincoln; stepsons, Joe, Riefert Will, both Lincoln; stepdaughters, Mrs. Virginia Feil, Los Gatos, Calif., Mrs. Harold (Cecilia) Sherman, Mrs. Ervin (Jane) Kraft, both Lincoln, Mrs. Melvin (Shirley) Erickson, Ocean Springs, Miss; 12 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren.
Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Hodgman-Splain-Roberts Mortuary, 4040 A. Rev. Edwin O. Berreth. Wyuka. Pallbearers: John Buxman, James Hansen, Paul Kovach, Herbert (Hubert) Boelts, Lloyd Jacoby, Richard Nagel.
Lincoln Evening Journal (Lincoln, Nebraska)
June 12, 1973
Provided by contributor Heidi
This new wife, Maria Katharina Schnorr, was originally from Donhoff. She had married Johannes Weigandt of Huck, but at some point emigrated to Norka where she was working to support her family after her husband’s death.
Phillip Nagel had at least one known sister. Her name was Elizabeth Nagel. But he had at least two step-siblings: Elisabeth Weigandt and Jacob Weigandt. Elisabeth Weigandt was born February 10, 1888 in Huck, Russia.
Phillip Nagel and Elisabeth Weigandt were married on February 21, 1907. At some point prior to leaving Russia, Phillip was forced to serve for three years in an artillery unit in the Russian army. This was one of the main reasons the family decided to leave Russia.
Their first child, Christine Elisabeth Nagel, was born 4 Nov 1907. Chris, as she came to be known, had several interesting things that happened to her while a child. First, in Russia, she was said to have become paralyzed on her left side because of using poppyseed to suck on to relieve teething pain as a very young child (age 2). Second, she was said to have had to be able to say at least a word or two in English, or her parents would have been turned back in Ellis Island, New York, when they emigrated in June 1912. The family story says that they were able to get her to say, “banana,” and were then allowed to enter the United States enroute to their final destination of Lincoln, Nebraska.
Elizabeth Nagel (Phllip’s sister) and Jacob Weigandt (Elisabeth’s brother) followed their siblings to Lincoln in December 1912.
The Nagel family did well in the United States. They were members of the local German-speaking congregation, and after a brief stint as a railroad laborer, Phillip was able to open his own store. They fed their growing family with a large garden plot, and their family grew to include:
Christine E. Nagel Hansen (1907-1995)
John Nagel (1912-1915)
Esther E. Nagel Boelts (1915-1998)
Helene M. Nagel Buxman (1918-2015)
Martha L. Nagel Kovach (1921-1991)
Richard R. Nagel (1925-1990)
In addition to his service in Russia, Phillip evidently served as a soldier in the Nebraska National Guard. He worked as a carpenter while in service.
The family attended their local German-speaking church in Lincoln, Nebraska, and spent a great deal of family time in church. Their girls sang in the German-speaking choir, and they were all confirmed in this Lutheran Church.
Elisabeth Weigandt Nagel died June 10, 1953, of an apparent stroke while riding a streetcar in Lincoln, Nebraska. Her family rushed to her side, but she did not recover.
Phillip immediately married Amalia (Mollie) Loos Will, who was also a Norka immigrant, in 1956. Mollie had lost her husband, Peter, in November of 1956. They continued to reside in Lincoln until Phillip entered the Veteran’s Hospital sometime prior to 1973. Phillip Nagel died on June 10, 1973. He is buried alongside his first wife, Elisabeth Weigandt Nagel, in Wyuka Cemetery.
Obituary from Lincoln Journal Star:
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NAGEL-Phillip, 86, 1427 No. 12th, died Sunday. Retired carpenter, National Guard. Lincoln resident 60 years. Member Faith UCC. Survivors: wife, Molly; son, Richard, Littleton, Colo., daughters, Mrs. Hubert (Esther) Boelts, Archer, Mrs. John (Helen) Buxman, Ft. Morgan, Colo., Mrs. (Marth) Kovach, South Bend, Ind., Mrs. Christine Hansen, Lincoln; stepsons, Joe, Riefert Will, both Lincoln; stepdaughters, Mrs. Virginia Feil, Los Gatos, Calif., Mrs. Harold (Cecilia) Sherman, Mrs. Ervin (Jane) Kraft, both Lincoln, Mrs. Melvin (Shirley) Erickson, Ocean Springs, Miss; 12 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren.
Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Hodgman-Splain-Roberts Mortuary, 4040 A. Rev. Edwin O. Berreth. Wyuka. Pallbearers: John Buxman, James Hansen, Paul Kovach, Herbert (Hubert) Boelts, Lloyd Jacoby, Richard Nagel.
Lincoln Evening Journal (Lincoln, Nebraska)
June 12, 1973
Provided by contributor Heidi
Phillip Nagel was born in Norka, Saratov, Russia, on October 3, 1886. He was the son of Konrad (?) Nagel and Elizabeth Jabel (died 1903). It was in this year of his first wife’s death (1903) that Phillip’s father seems to have either hired a housekeeper to help with his children, or that he possibly married a housekeeper working in his household.
This new wife, Maria Katharina Schnorr, was originally from Donhoff. She had married Johannes Weigandt of Huck, but at some point emigrated to Norka where she was working to support her family after her husband’s death.
Phillip Nagel had at least one known sister. Her name was Elizabeth Nagel. But he had at least two step-siblings: Elisabeth Weigandt and Jacob Weigandt. Elisabeth Weigandt was born February 10, 1888 in Huck, Russia.
Phillip Nagel and Elisabeth Weigandt were married on February 21, 1907. At some point prior to leaving Russia, Phillip was forced to serve for three years in an artillery unit in the Russian army. This was one of the main reasons the family decided to leave Russia.
Their first child, Christine Elisabeth Nagel, was born 4 Nov 1907. Chris, as she came to be known, had several interesting things that happened to her while a child. First, in Russia, she was said to have become paralyzed on her left side because of using poppyseed to suck on to relieve teething pain as a very young child (age 2). Second, she was said to have had to be able to say at least a word or two in English, or her parents would have been turned back in Ellis Island, New York, when they emigrated in June 1912. The family story says that they were able to get her to say, “banana,” and were then allowed to enter the United States enroute to their final destination of Lincoln, Nebraska.
Elizabeth Nagel (Phllip’s sister) and Jacob Weigandt (Elisabeth’s brother) followed their siblings to Lincoln in December 1912.
The Nagel family did well in the United States. They were members of the local German-speaking congregation, and after a brief stint as a railroad laborer, Phillip was able to open his own store. They fed their growing family with a large garden plot, and their family grew to include:
Christine E. Nagel Hansen (1907-1995)
John Nagel (1912-1915)
Esther E. Nagel Boelts (1915-1998)
Helene M. Nagel Buxman (1918-2015)
Martha L. Nagel Kovach (1921-1991)
Richard R. Nagel (1925-1990)
In addition to his service in Russia, Phillip evidently served as a soldier in the Nebraska National Guard. He worked as a carpenter while in service.
The family attended their local German-speaking church in Lincoln, Nebraska, and spent a great deal of family time in church. Their girls sang in the German-speaking choir, and they were all confirmed in this Lutheran Church.
Elisabeth Weigandt Nagel died June 10, 1953, of an apparent stroke while riding a streetcar in Lincoln, Nebraska. Her family rushed to her side, but she did not recover.
Phillip immediately married Amalia (Mollie) Loos Will, who was also a Norka immigrant, in 1956. Mollie had lost her husband, Peter, in November of 1956. They continued to reside in Lincoln until Phillip entered the Veteran’s Hospital sometime prior to 1973. Phillip Nagel died on June 10, 1973. He is buried alongside his first wife, Elisabeth Weigandt Nagel, in Wyuka Cemetery.
Obituary from Lincoln Journal Star:
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NAGEL-Phillip, 86, 1427 No. 12th, died Sunday. Retired carpenter, National Guard. Lincoln resident 60 years. Member Faith UCC. Survivors: wife, Molly; son, Richard, Littleton, Colo., daughters, Mrs. Hubert (Esther) Boelts, Archer, Mrs. John (Helen) Buxman, Ft. Morgan, Colo., Mrs. (Marth) Kovach, South Bend, Ind., Mrs. Christine Hansen, Lincoln; stepsons, Joe, Riefert Will, both Lincoln; stepdaughters, Mrs. Virginia Feil, Los Gatos, Calif., Mrs. Harold (Cecilia) Sherman, Mrs. Ervin (Jane) Kraft, both Lincoln, Mrs. Melvin (Shirley) Erickson, Ocean Springs, Miss; 12 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren.
Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Hodgman-Splain-Roberts Mortuary, 4040 A. Rev. Edwin O. Berreth. Wyuka. Pallbearers: John Buxman, James Hansen, Paul Kovach, Herbert (Hubert) Boelts, Lloyd Jacoby, Richard Nagel.
Lincoln Evening Journal (Lincoln, Nebraska)
June 12, 1973
Provided by contributor Heidi
This new wife, Maria Katharina Schnorr, was originally from Donhoff. She had married Johannes Weigandt of Huck, but at some point emigrated to Norka where she was working to support her family after her husband’s death.
Phillip Nagel had at least one known sister. Her name was Elizabeth Nagel. But he had at least two step-siblings: Elisabeth Weigandt and Jacob Weigandt. Elisabeth Weigandt was born February 10, 1888 in Huck, Russia.
Phillip Nagel and Elisabeth Weigandt were married on February 21, 1907. At some point prior to leaving Russia, Phillip was forced to serve for three years in an artillery unit in the Russian army. This was one of the main reasons the family decided to leave Russia.
Their first child, Christine Elisabeth Nagel, was born 4 Nov 1907. Chris, as she came to be known, had several interesting things that happened to her while a child. First, in Russia, she was said to have become paralyzed on her left side because of using poppyseed to suck on to relieve teething pain as a very young child (age 2). Second, she was said to have had to be able to say at least a word or two in English, or her parents would have been turned back in Ellis Island, New York, when they emigrated in June 1912. The family story says that they were able to get her to say, “banana,” and were then allowed to enter the United States enroute to their final destination of Lincoln, Nebraska.
Elizabeth Nagel (Phllip’s sister) and Jacob Weigandt (Elisabeth’s brother) followed their siblings to Lincoln in December 1912.
The Nagel family did well in the United States. They were members of the local German-speaking congregation, and after a brief stint as a railroad laborer, Phillip was able to open his own store. They fed their growing family with a large garden plot, and their family grew to include:
Christine E. Nagel Hansen (1907-1995)
John Nagel (1912-1915)
Esther E. Nagel Boelts (1915-1998)
Helene M. Nagel Buxman (1918-2015)
Martha L. Nagel Kovach (1921-1991)
Richard R. Nagel (1925-1990)
In addition to his service in Russia, Phillip evidently served as a soldier in the Nebraska National Guard. He worked as a carpenter while in service.
The family attended their local German-speaking church in Lincoln, Nebraska, and spent a great deal of family time in church. Their girls sang in the German-speaking choir, and they were all confirmed in this Lutheran Church.
Elisabeth Weigandt Nagel died June 10, 1953, of an apparent stroke while riding a streetcar in Lincoln, Nebraska. Her family rushed to her side, but she did not recover.
Phillip immediately married Amalia (Mollie) Loos Will, who was also a Norka immigrant, in 1956. Mollie had lost her husband, Peter, in November of 1956. They continued to reside in Lincoln until Phillip entered the Veteran’s Hospital sometime prior to 1973. Phillip Nagel died on June 10, 1973. He is buried alongside his first wife, Elisabeth Weigandt Nagel, in Wyuka Cemetery.
Obituary from Lincoln Journal Star:
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NAGEL-Phillip, 86, 1427 No. 12th, died Sunday. Retired carpenter, National Guard. Lincoln resident 60 years. Member Faith UCC. Survivors: wife, Molly; son, Richard, Littleton, Colo., daughters, Mrs. Hubert (Esther) Boelts, Archer, Mrs. John (Helen) Buxman, Ft. Morgan, Colo., Mrs. (Marth) Kovach, South Bend, Ind., Mrs. Christine Hansen, Lincoln; stepsons, Joe, Riefert Will, both Lincoln; stepdaughters, Mrs. Virginia Feil, Los Gatos, Calif., Mrs. Harold (Cecilia) Sherman, Mrs. Ervin (Jane) Kraft, both Lincoln, Mrs. Melvin (Shirley) Erickson, Ocean Springs, Miss; 12 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren.
Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday, Hodgman-Splain-Roberts Mortuary, 4040 A. Rev. Edwin O. Berreth. Wyuka. Pallbearers: John Buxman, James Hansen, Paul Kovach, Herbert (Hubert) Boelts, Lloyd Jacoby, Richard Nagel.
Lincoln Evening Journal (Lincoln, Nebraska)
June 12, 1973
Provided by contributor Heidi
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